SwampFox
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KevlarRyder John & I made a ride to "The End of the World" along the Atchafalaya Floodway levees in south central Louisiana, beginning after church and lunch on Sunday, 1/1/12 by trailering our KLX250S's down to fellow sidecarist Bud's place along the west levee at U.S. Hwy 190.
On Monday morning we embarked by heading south on the levee, but soon we were politely informed by a deputy sheriff that we must travel along the road along the outside base of the levee:
So we traveled the paved and gravel road along side the levee as available:
Here's a scene looking inside the levee at a cross-over south of Henderson:
The Herman Dupuis Road runs inside the levee to the community of Butte LaRose, crossing the Pontoon Bridge, where a fellow in a airboat was blowing the water hyacinths thru the drawbridge portion that is supported by a set of pontoons (off to the right in the photo); seems the current was bunching the hyacinths on the pontoon to the point it might tip-over the pontoon support:
Further south in St. Mary Parish we paused to watch a bald eagle in flight:
We overnighted in Morgan City, where there are two bridges over the Atchafalaya River, the old La.182 to the right and the new US90 on the left (we crossed on the old bridge )
The sunset photo was taken as we walked to Rita Mae's Kitchen for supper (iPhone3 photo):
Where we both enjoyed Crab Burgers -- yep, some good eats:
We passed a 24-hour donut shop on the walk back to the Best Western; despite the aroma, I was too full to enjoy dessert:
End Day 1
On Monday morning we embarked by heading south on the levee, but soon we were politely informed by a deputy sheriff that we must travel along the road along the outside base of the levee:
So we traveled the paved and gravel road along side the levee as available:
Here's a scene looking inside the levee at a cross-over south of Henderson:
The Herman Dupuis Road runs inside the levee to the community of Butte LaRose, crossing the Pontoon Bridge, where a fellow in a airboat was blowing the water hyacinths thru the drawbridge portion that is supported by a set of pontoons (off to the right in the photo); seems the current was bunching the hyacinths on the pontoon to the point it might tip-over the pontoon support:
Further south in St. Mary Parish we paused to watch a bald eagle in flight:
We overnighted in Morgan City, where there are two bridges over the Atchafalaya River, the old La.182 to the right and the new US90 on the left (we crossed on the old bridge )
The sunset photo was taken as we walked to Rita Mae's Kitchen for supper (iPhone3 photo):
Where we both enjoyed Crab Burgers -- yep, some good eats:
We passed a 24-hour donut shop on the walk back to the Best Western; despite the aroma, I was too full to enjoy dessert:
End Day 1